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Behaviorist Perspective |
Information Processing
Perspective |
Constructivist
Perspective |
| What is learning? |
A change in the probability of behavior
occurring |
A change in knowledge stored in memory |
A change in meaning constructed from
experience |
| What is the process? |
Antecedent-behavior- consequence |
Attention-encoding- retrieval of
information from memory |
Repeated group dialogue and collaborative
problem solving |
| What is the teacher's
primary role? |
Arrange external factors and present data
to be learned |
Arrange conditions that support the memory
process |
Model and guide |
| What can the teacher do
to carry out that role? |
- State objectives
- Guide student behavior
- Arrange reinforcement and consequences
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- Organize new information
- Link new information to existing knowledge
- Use a variety of retrieval and attention aids
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- Provide opportunities to solve realistic and
meaningful problems
- Provide group learning activities
- Model and guide the process of constructing
knowledge
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| What is the student's
responsibility? |
Respond |
Actively synthesize information |
Explore like a scientist--control own
learning |
Fly